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“We had a meeting with the State Attorney’s office yesterday in which they permitted me to listen to and view some of the evidence and then there were discussions that led everybody to the agreement that Kalvaraz had absolutely no involvement in the circumstances,” Travis A. Reinhold said.

Bessent’s care is still listed as “open” at the Sherriff’s office, but his attorney said it may take until Tuesday to process the paperwork.

Bessent tweeted out his reaction to the news on Friday:

Thanks to all my AU family that stuck with me through this see you guys at Auburn War Eagle!!!

Auburn coach Gus Malzhan has not made any public statements about Bessent’s future with the team. Camden County coach Welton Coffee told the website that “a whole bunch” of colleges have called to inquire about Bessent within the last week.

MORE AUBURN-ALABAMA FALLOUT

This week’s biggest national recruiting story was the negative backlash directed at 5-star linebacker Rashaan Evans of Auburn High School for signing with Alabama over the hometown school, the Auburn Tigers. Evans was attacked by Auburn fans on Twitter, and claimed in an interview with Alabama’s Rivals website that Auburn fans planned to boycott his family’s business and that people were telling local restaurants not to serve him food. The negative fan reaction has caught the attention of many recruits. On Friday, UGA tight end signee Jeb Blazevich told ESPN.com that, “Of course, you feel bad for him. If I were him, I’d be really mad, sort of frustrated and not know what to do because if he committed to Auburn, all these people would love him and he’d be getting everything free from all these restaurants. He goes to another school, and they’re just treating him awful. No person should have to go through that …”

I don't care if this kid tested positive or not he was in the car where they found a lot of pot , a hand gun and the smell consistent with the fact that somebody had just smokes most pot, which is illegal.

I am glad that he test negative and that all charges were dropped but he still deserves to miss at least one game if not 2 to teach him that he is no longer under hood rules . There are consequences for hanging out with the wrong crowd. He actually has a chance at a great future and his playing skills should be the only thing that will determine what path he ends up taking after College.

Next time he won't be so lucky when the gun they found was used in a robbery and was used to hurt somebody. Then everybody in the car is guilty by association. Bessent needs to learn something from this and move on.

@POAD2013 I am no Crowell fan but in all fairness I must point out that the charges against Crowell were dropped due to insufficient evidence. The cops probably knew it when they arrested him and thought they could jam him up and force a confession out of him anyway. Standard operating procedure. He was smart enough to assert his 5th amendment rights to not speak and to obtain an attorney. Amazing the people who are innocent but wind up doing time because they do not shut their mouths and obtain an attorney.

@POAD2013 Innocence or guilt is not the issue. That's for the judicial system to decide. It's relevance to discussion on a sports forum is how these matters are/were handled by the respective schools. You are aware of how Georgia handled Mr. Crowell's decision-making, correct?

@POAD2013 No actually all the UGA fans weren't saying "innocent until proven guilty." A good many of us were saying, "Don't let the door hit you .." and have echoed those sentiments with JHC's repeat offenses. Some might go so far as to withhold donations in the event that appropriate behavioral actions are not taken for this kind of entitled and short-sighted behavior

Doesn't matter what his lawyer(s) say. If he is "innocent", his image is still damaged. If he has no better sense than to be hanging around with losers and on fringe of potential criminal activity, he is likely to repeat those actions and will be in trouble again. Poor kid. Another victim or his surroundings, or just making bad decisions?

I am glad for the kid. But the lawyer...."Absolutely not involvement.".....come on man. He was in a car carrying a good amount of an illegal drug. Just hope the kid learned a valuable lesson and picks better friends in the future to hand out with in a car.

and....

"A whole city gone try and treat me"

I just hope he attends at few English classes at Auburn University. It is obvious that he did not pay much attention in his Auburn High School English classes.